Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-04

Made.
A few months ago we gave a report of
what DR.. William j. Younger, San Fran
cisco. Cal, had been doing in the way OF
implanting teeth into artificial sockets.
At that time he considered it essential TO
preserve the vitality of the preferential
membrane by keeping the tooth in water
of a temperature of about 120' F, or TO
implant the tooth, just after extraction, in
the comb of cock.
Since then he has discovered that the
pericemental membrane will retain its
vitality for l3 months, and how much
longer has not been determined, without
any care, being carried in the pocket left
on the dressing case, etc.
The report of this case. one of several,
is given in pamphlet of A pages, entitled
''Implantation of Teeth and Pericemental
Life, = being report made to the Califor-
MIA State Dental association, July 2l,
1886 The doctor has great faith in the
operation, has succeeded beyond his most
sangGine expectations, and believes
that in d short while it will become as
firmly established in professional practice
as any other operation requiring skill and
judgment
THE DOCTOR : PRACTICE.
The doctors practice IS to lay the eX-
tracted teeth aside in q clean, cool, dry
place. for future use He forms the socket
with graded trephines, finishing the walls
with burs of various shapes.
Previous 10 inserting the tooth in the
socket he s0aks it for half an hour in
water containing bi-chloride of mercury
one in a thousand, temperature 10 Il
| 800 F; during the operation Of forming
| the socket he washes ii out with cold
| water, containing the same percentage Of
| bi-clolide mercury trying the tocti
| from time to time, always re'0rn
| ing the tooth to its bath. He forces
| the tooth finally to place with an
| instrument such As is used to torce
pivot tooth into position, using nt
| ligatures TO retain the tooth unless abso
| lutely necessary. In answering the oh
! jections to this operation by those who
have met with failures in rerlantatior
| and transplantation. he says.
Now if they would but consider the
| conditions and circumstances under which
| these different operations are undertaken
| tneN WOulU TtdtlllS see tilHt iHe pEeLiliSS
upon which they ground their assumption
| are unsound and deceitful. For instance
in replantation, as this operation is usual.
| perfomed, the parts, that is, the perice
| mental membrane, the apex of the roo
| and the alveoler process Immediately sur
rounding these, are highly iufiamed, in
state of disease, with pus either alread
| formed or forming at the end Of the root
and the operation is undertaken with tn
| view Of relieving or aborting an alveola
ahscess \ portion of the diseased ape:
is then cut off, and the tooth is force'
back into the cavity Here we have
diseased root thrust back into a diseases
socket The disease not removed. its con
,iitions are simply modified. and Will
the congestion may subside, and the t0Ot,
becomes comparatively comfortable, tn
disentegraticn Of the root substance-aI
ready begun-is likely to continue. an
in the course of time the entire root be
comes destroyed. or what is called al
sorbed, and the crown drops off. 5
much for replantation.